TIFF Journal: Kursk
Thomas Vinterberg’s Kursk tells the story of the doomed Russian submarine and the foiled attempts to rescue its hapless seamen. It’s a mix of character drama, suspenseful rescue adventure, and political film, with each...
Thomas Vinterberg’s Kursk tells the story of the doomed Russian submarine and the foiled attempts to rescue its hapless seamen. It’s a mix of character drama, suspenseful rescue adventure, and political film, with each...
The big problem with the soon-to-be-forgotten ‘Red Sparrow’ is that it can never quite decide what movie it wants to be. Is this the blockbustery spy romp and Black Widow knockoff like the trailers suggest? Or is it a ...
A few years ago, who would have ever guessed that Ralph Fiennes could be considered a brilliant comedic performer? Yet here we are after ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and Fiennes has delivered his second hilarious perform...
Writer/director Alice Winocour’s ‘Disorder’ is definitely one of those movies that falls into the style-over-substance camp. The film is beautifully made and cleverly constructed. As a piece of atmospheric storyt...
At least a month has passed since the last Harvey Weinstein-approved Nazi drama, so it’s time for another! As always, a Weinstein production is a handsome affair. How would the movie mogul be able to pander to Oscar voters o...
In a weekend when a movie like ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is set to premiere, that doesn’t leave much room for competition. The superhero spectacle will slay the popcorn crowd, so any other movie that dares to ope...